Jenniffer González-Colón: “Are you willing to sit with the new administration--remember, there is a new administration in place.”

Despite our compact agreement, the Freely Associated States are independent nations, that if we in the United States fail to remain engaged and do not renew our economic agreement with them, there will be nothing in the way to stop…

Without undue delay, we can and should exercise oversight and move the agreements forward.

I am so happy to be here, and I wish you a fast recovery. You are a true friend of the island.

I have introduced legislation that will add these crops as priority research areas for the Department of Agriculture.